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Marlbridge

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Kinney (1893)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

STATUTE OF. An important English statute (52 Hen. III. [1267]) relating to the tenures of real property, and to procedure. It derived its name from the town in Wiltshire in which parliament sat when it was enacted, now known as Marlborough. Compare 2 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 62; Crabb, Com. Law, 156; Barr. Obs. St. 66.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

STATUTE OF. An important English statute, 52 Hen. III. (1267), relating to wrongful distress. It derived its name from the town in Wiltshire in which parliament sat when it was enacted, now known as Marlborough. See 6 Chitty, Eng. Stat; 2 Reeve, Hist. E. L. 62; Crabb, Com. Law 166; 1 Soc. Eng. 410.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

Marlebridge, statute of. The statute confirming the Great Charter and the Charter containing provisions in regard to tenures, ministration of justice, abolishing fines for ing the writ of entry in the post, etc.